CABINET FOR STATIONERY, &amp;c.



No. 784,325. PATENTED MAR. 7, 1905.

H. HATCH. v

CABINET FOR STATIONERY, &c.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 3. 1904- 2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

Snozuloz Qttounu,

No. 784,325. PATENTED MAR. 7. 1905.

H.HATGH. CABINET FOR STATIONERY, &0.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 3, 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented March 7, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HORDIN HATCH, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

CABINET FOR STATIONERY, 80c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,325, dated March'7, 1905.

Application filed October 3, 1904. Serial No. 227,076.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORDIN HATCH, of Des Moines, county of Polk, andState of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cabinetsfor Stationery, &c., of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a cabinet for containing stationery and otherarticles usually found on the counters of hotels for the benefit oftheir patrons and lodgers.

The principal feature of the invention consists of certainmanually-operative means applied to the cabinet for partly withdrawing asheet of writing-paper or an envelop therefrom, one at a time, whendesired.

By the use of this device a saving is made in stationery, as a personwill not, as a rule, withdraw more paper and envelops than he requires.

The invention is simple in construction and operation and has greatutility in the field to which it appertains.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view ofasupply-cabinet em.- bodying my invention, a portion of the top or coverbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view onthe line a a of Fig. 1. verse section on the line b b of Fig. 1. Fig. 4is a perspective view of the door of the cabinet detached as viewed fromthe inner side. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the roller-casing.

Similar numerals of reference indicate the same parts on the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the cabinet as awhole, which is rectangular in form with vertical side walls 2, a

bottom 3, and a slightly-inclined top 4:, the latter extendingrearwardly about two-thirds the distance across the cabinet, from whichpoint an upwardly-inclined frame 5 reaches to the rear of the cabinetand carries a mirror 6. WVithin the cabinet are a number of partitions'7, which divide the space therein into compartments 8 for storingstationery, while other compartments, 9, at the front of the cabinet arearranged for writing-paper and envelops to be withdrawn therefrom singlyby suitable mechanism hereinafter described. A por- Fig. 3 is a view invertical transtion of the top is divided by strips 10 into spaces 11 foradvertisements, which will preferably be covered by glass. Between theadvertisingspaces and the inclined mirror the top is arranged to receivereceptacles 12 for various articles, such as ink, call-bell, matches,toothpicks, telegrams, &c. The rear of the cabinet is open to permit theready insertion of the hand when supplies are to be withdrawn toreplenish the delivery-compartments 9 and the receptacles. A door (notshown) may, if desired, be hinged to the cabinet to close theslupply-compartments against the entrance of ust.

The front compartments 9 are divided by partitions 7, continuous withwhich but independent thereof are side pieces 13, forming parts of doors14. each door closing a compartment 9. Each side piece 13 is longitudi-.

nally grooved at 15, so that when a door is closed the grooves willstand in vertical position. tached to a bottom cross-piece 13.

Extending across each door 14 is a horizontally-disposed casing 16,provided with vertical ribs 17, adapted to slide in the grooves 15 whenthe casing is raised and lowered. J ournaled in the ends of the casingis a shaft 18, havingafeed-roller 19 fixed thereto and partly surroundedby the said casing, one end of said feed-roller being recessed at 20 toreceive a ratchet-wheel 21, attached to the shaft 18 or to the roller19. An operating-lever 22 projects forward of the cabinet and has a hubon its inner end to which is pivoted a pawl 23, extending into therecess 20 to engage the ratchet=wheel and turn the roller when theoperating-lever is raised. The casing 16 containing the feed-roller 19moves downwardly by gravity and causes the feed-roller at all times torest on the top of a number of sheets of paper 2 L or envelops, as thecase may be. When a sheet of paper or an envelop is wanted, the properoperating-lever 22 is raised, which, through the medium of the pawl andratchet, turns the roller 19, resting frictionally on the topmost sheetof paper and drawing the latter forward sufficiently far to be withdrawnby the hand. To increase the frictional contact The side pieces 13 ofeach door are at:

between the roller and the paper, several rubber bands 25 are placedaround the roller. When the paper or envelop has been removed, the lever22 is released and allowed to fall in position ready for anotheroperation. As but one sheet of paper or envelop is moved by the rollerat each operation, should a greater nu mber be desired the lever must bemoved a corresponding number of times.

To refill an empty. compartment, the door 14 of that compartment isturned down, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the materialinserted. The door is then raised; but before closing it the casing 16is lifted by the fingerpiece 26, so that the roller 19 shall rest on thetop of the material placed in the exhausted compartment.

The proportions of the cabinet and the number of compartments are notlimited to those shown in the drawings. velop issuing compartments maybe increased or decreased, as desired, each of such compartments havingan independent door 14. The several doors are preferably mounted on asingle pivot-rod 27, extending from one side of the cabinet to theother.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is v 1. In a stationerycabinet having independentcompartments for writing-paper and en- Thepaper and enfinger-piece for moving the feed-roll transversely.

2. In a stationery-cabinet having independent compartments forwriting-paper and envelops, a closure for each compartment, a casingslidably mounted in said closure, a feedroll journaled in said casingand bearing on the material within said compartment, means for rotatingsaid feed-roll, and a finger-piece on said casing.

3. In a stationery-cabinet having independent compartments forwriting-paper and envelops, a pivoted closure for each compartmentcomprising abottom and two side pieces, each side piece having alongitudinal groove, a casing having end ribs to enter said grooves andslidable therein, a feed-roll carried by said casing, and-means forrotating said feed-roll.

4. In a stationery-cabinet having independent compartments forwriting-paper and en velops, a pivoted closure for each compartment comprising a bottom and two interiorlygrooved side pieces, a casing havingend ribs to enter said grooves and slidable therein, a finger-piece forsliding said casing, a feed-roll fixed to a shaft journaled in the endsof the casing, an operating-lever loosely mounted on said shaft, and apawl-and-ratchet device between the feed-roll and said operating-lever.In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 26th day of September,1904, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

H. HATCH.

Witnesses:

L. B. CALLENDER, J. J. WILKINSON.

